Improvement in eaves-trough hangers



1. F. & L'HESS.

Eaves-Trough Hangers. N0.148,952. -Patented March 24,1874.

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' IMPROVEMENT IN E-AVE S-TR UG D Specifi :ation forming part of LettersPatent No. 148,952, dated March 24, I874; application filed June 18,1873.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, JACOB F. HESS andLEONARD HESS, of Massillon, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Eaves- TroughHangers; and that the following is a full, clear, and exactspecification thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art tomake and use the said invention.

Our invention relates to certain improvements in hangers for suspendingeaves-troughs from the roofs of buildings; said invention consisting,first, in the construction of a crossbar for the eaves-trough united bya circular clasp to a roll on one edge of the'trough, and extendingacross the trough to a point below the other edge thereof, and fromthence extending up over the edge and down the outside, with a pin atits end extending through upturned part of the bar, thus forming aninner and outer brace to the trough, and uniting the bar and troughfirmly to each other. Said invention also consists in the constructionof a flat sheet-metal hanger having a button-head formed at its lowerend, and bent at an angle with the body of the bar, which is used inconnection with a cross-bar provided with a slot and circular hole inwhich the head of the hanger can be inserted, and there secured byturning the hanger, as hereinafter shown, thus forming a cheap andefficient con nection for the hanger and cross-bar.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a plan of a section of a troughand hanger embodying our invention Fig. 2, a section of the same. Fig. 3is a plan of the cross-bar, showing the slot and circular hole whichreceives the hanger; and Figs. 4 are side and end views of the hanger.

A is an eaves-trough of ordinary construction, having its outer edge Brolled, as shown in Fig. 2. (l is the cross-bar having its outer end Drolled to fit over the rolled edge B of the trough A, and its inner endb c bent up and doubled over the inner edge a of said trough, andterminating in a pin, d, which projects inward through the edge a of thetrough, and through the vertical part c of the cross-bar. At or near thecenter of said crossbar 0 is a circular hole, G, crossed by a slot,

H, extending lengthwise of the bar 0. F is the hanger, consisting of astrip of sheet metal, having a button-head, f, at its lower end, theneck which connects said head to the hanger being slightly twisted sothat the head f stands at an angle with thehanger F, as shown in endview in Figs. 4.

In applying this improved construction, we take the cross-bar G andinsert the clasp D in the lower side of the roll B of the trough A, thenturn the bar 0 down so as to extend across the trough A to a point, E,below the edge a. Here it is bent upward, and the part c is turned overthe edge a, and the pin cl is inserted in slots in the edge a and part cof the cross-bar O. The cross-bar O, with its two vclasps D and c I),thus performs the twofold function of connecting'the two edges of theeaves-trough, and also bracing them apart. The eaves-trough is securedto the roof by means of the hanger F, (Fig. 4,) the width of the head ofwhich is less than the length of the slot H, and greater than the widthof the circular opening G. The button f is inserted in the slot H of thecross-bar G, and the hanger F is then turned so that it stands crosswiseof the cross-bar. The hanger F must be curved or bent above the point ofattachment to the bar 0, in order to adapt it to the slope of the roof.The angle between the hanger F and its button f gives said hanger afirmer bearing on the cross-bar C than it would have if the two wereparallel, thus preventing the trough from swinging on hanger, andholding it rigidly in a horizontal position. Said angle, however, mustbe less than a right angle, otherwise the head f will be parallel withthe slot H, and the desired attachment cannot be made.

This device for securing the hanger F to the cross-bar 0 forms a verysimple and effective means of hanging eaves-troughs to the roofs ofbuildings, and the peculiar mode of bracing the cross-bar O on the innersides of the trough A, instead of across its top, resists the tendencywhich the weight of the water gives to the trough to double up, besidespreventing the metal which forms the trough from straightening out.

WVhat we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

1. The cross-bar C, united by the clasp D to the roll B on the trough A,and extending across the trough to a point, E, below the edge a, the endbeing united to said edge a by the clasp c b, with end pin d extendingthrough the edge a and part a, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

2. The flat sheet-metal hanger F, having the button-heady, turned at anangle with the body of the hanger, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

3. The combination of the flat sheet-metal hanger F, having an angularbutton-head, f, and the cross-bar G, with circular hole G and slots H H,the several parts being constructed and arranged substantially as isherein specified.

As evidence of the foregoing, witness our hands this 27th day of May, A.D. 1873.

JACOB F. HESS. LEONARD HESS. Witnesses:

W. N. RUDENSTEIN, J. A. HUMBERH.

